RE: Curly quotes in Frame cross-references

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Nancy Allison wrote:
 
> I am working in Framemaker 7.1, XP Pro version 5.1, SP2.
> 
> I've inherited a document whose x-refs are punctuated with closed curly
> quotes preceding and following the cross-ref:
> 
> Chapter 1. âOverview of the TDR900 and TDR9000 Circuit Breaker Test
> Systemsâ
> 
> The cross-ref format that produces this result is this:
> 
> Chapter <$paranum> \'<$paratext>\'
> 
> I cannot figure out how to edit this to get open curly quotes to precede
> the x-ref. When I make this substitution:
> 
> Chapter <$paranum> "<$paratext>"
> 
> I get straight quotation marks before and after the x-ref.
> 
> How do I get that initial curly quotation mark?

The opening curly quote code is "\`" -- in case it's not clear, that's the single open quote (or grave accent) key, the one that is tilde when shifted. So the xref format looks like this: 

Chapter <$paranum> \`<$paratext>\'

(Although I think there should be a comma after <$paranum>.)

HTH!
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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